Hammock-spreader



(No Model.)

A. NIOKERSON. HAMMOGK SPREADER.

Patented June 16, 1885.

AMOS NICKERSON, OF SOMERVILLE,

MASSACHUSETTS.

HAMMOCK-SPREADER.

SPECIFICATION forming pait of Letters Patent No. 320,276, dated June 16, 1885.

Application filed March 30, 1985. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Pe it known that I, Amos NIOKERSON, of Somerville, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hammock-Spreaders, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

My invention relates to devices for keeping the ends of the hammock distended,so that the same shall be comfortable to the user, the object being to make the spreaderin such a manner that it shall be absolutely safethat is, to hold each cord in place and not to be acci dentally thrown out of place. These objects I obtain by the mechanism shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is a perspective view of a hammock with my improved spreader attached. Fig. 2 is an enlarged view in perspective,showing more clearly my device and how it is ap- I plied. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my spreader. Fig. 4 is a detail showing the character of the notches.

In the drawings, A represents the body of I the hammock, having the usual suspending- I ropes, B B. The spreaderbar C is illustrated- The use of my spreader consists in ing it from the under side of the hammock that two of the cords of each alternate i ntcrior knot, b, shall pass through one of the notches and separate to exterior knots, Z), Figs. 1 and 2, or all of the cords of the net may pass through the notches, two in each, the idea I being to so place the cords in relation to the i so placnotch that the strain shall always be in the direction of the length of the sp1-e:uler-that is, against the ends 0 0, Figs. 3 and 4, of the notches-so that there is no tendency for the cords to slip out.

By this construction of the spreader-rod I obtain a secure holder for the hammock and tached from the hammock when desired.

I claim as myinvention and desire to secure by Letters Patent-- A hammock-spreader, 0, having notches c 0, each enlarged at its base in both directions parallel to the length of the spreader, substantial] y as described,and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereofI have signed my name tothis specificatiomin the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 27th dayot' March,

at Fig. 3, and consists of a bar of wood or A. D. 1885.

other suitable material having T-shaped notchesc c. The exact method of making this AMOS NICKERSON. notch is shown in Fig. 4, in which 0 is a kerf, made at right angles to the line of the W'itnesses:

FRANK G. PARKER,

1 rod 0 O, and c 0 1s a longitudinal groove ex- 1 I CHAS. SPAULDING.

tending both ways from said kert'.

at the same time one which can be easily de- V 

